"(1987), in a comedic supporting role as ""Miracle Max"". Reiner got Crystal to accept the part by saying, ""How would you like to play Mel Brooks?"" Reiner also allowed Crystal to ad-lib, and his parting shot, ""Have fun storming the castle!"" is a frequently-quoted line. Reiner directed Crystal for a third time in the romantic comedy ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989), in which Crystal starred alongside Meg Ryan and for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe. The film has since become an iconic classic for the genre and is Crystal's most celebrated film. Crystal then starred in the"
"commentary with Reiner, Ephron, and Crystal, eight deleted scenes, all new featurettes (""It All Started Like This"", ""Stories Of Love"", ""When Rob Met Billy"", ""Billy On Harry"", ""I Love New York"", ""What Harry Meeting Sally Meant"", ""So Can Men And Women Really Be Friends?""), and the original theatrical trailer. The film was released on Blu-ray on July 5, 2011 containing all of the special features found on the 2008 DVD release. When Harry Met Sally... When Harry Met Sally… is a 1989 American romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. It stars Billy Crystal as"
"Billy Crystal William Edward Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and television host. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom ""Soap"" and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989), ""City Slickers"" (1991), and ""Analyze This"" (1999) and providing the voice of Mike Wazowski in the ""Monsters, Inc."" franchise. He has hosted the Academy Awards nine times, beginning in 1990 and most recently in 2012. Crystal was born at Doctors"
"in 1968 with Judi Dench in the role of Sally. West End revivals have featured Kelly Hunter (1986), Toyah Willcox (1987), Jane Horrocks (1993) and Anna Maxwell Martin (2006) playing the part. Samantha Barks portrayed the role in the 2008—2009 UK National Tour. In 1972, the stage musical adaptation was in turn adapted as a film directed by Bob Fosse. The 1972 film's depiction of Sally significantly differs from earlier incarnations in that she is not British but American. According to unaccredited screenwriter Hugh Wheeler, he was tasked by ABC Pictures with bowdlerizing the source material and was forced to"
"people from the creative community. ""When Harry Met Sally"" was acknowledged as the sixth best film in the romantic comedy genre. It is also ranked #15 on Rotten Tomatoes' 25 Best Romantic Comedies. In early 2004, the film was adapted for the stage in a Theatre Royal Haymarket production starring Luke Perry and Alyson Hannigan. Molly Ringwald and Michael Landes later replaced Hannigan and Perry for the second cast. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: ""When Harry Met Sally..."" was first released on VHS in late 1989, a few months after its theatrical release. It"
"Connie Sawyer Connie Sawyer (born Rosie Cohen; November 27, 1912 – January 21, 2018) was an American stage, film, and television actress, affectionately nicknamed ""The Clown Princess of Comedy"". She had over 140 film and television credits to her name, but was best known for her appearances in ""Pineapple Express, Dumb and Dumber"", and ""When Harry Met Sally..."". At the time of her death, she was the oldest working actress in Hollywood and oldest member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Connie Sawyer was born on November 27, 1912, in Pueblo, Colorado,"
"nominated for Best Original Screenplay in 1984 for ""Silkwood."" Ephron’s novel, ""Heartburn"", was published in 1982. The novel is a semi-autobiographical account of her marriage with Carl Bernstein. The film adaptation was released in 1986, directed by Mike Nicols starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Ephron adapted her own novel into the screenplay for the film. In the film, Ephron's fictionalized portrayal of herself, played by Streep, is a pregnant food writer when she learns about her husband's affair. Ephron wrote the script for the romantic comedy ""When Harry Met Sally..."" in 1989. The film, directed by Rob Reiner, starred"
"""The Freshman"". Kirby balanced comedies with dramatic roles like ""Donnie Brasco"" as a double-dealing mobster. Kirby appeared with Billy Crystal in ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989) and ""City Slickers"" (1991). Both featured Kirby's character as the opinionated best friend to Crystal's character. Kirby refused to sign on for """" unless script changes were made and was subsequently replaced by Jon Lovitz. In 1991, Kirby made his Broadway debut when he replaced Kevin Spacey in Neil Simon's ""Lost in Yonkers"". In the last decade of his life, Kirby had success in ""Stuart Little"" and was increasingly working in television. He starred"
"Michelle Nicastro Michelle Nicastro (March 31, 1960 – November 4, 2010) was an American actress and singer. Nicastro was born in Washington D.C., the daughter of Carole Rose (née Guarino) and Norman Joseph Nicastro, who was an ophthalmologist. She provided the speaking voice of Princess Odette in ""The Swan Princess"" and its first two sequels, """", and """", and the singing voice of Callisto for the """" episode ""The Bitter Suite"". She also had guest starring roles in ""Airwolf"", ""Knight Rider"" and ""Wings"". She appeared, briefly, as the college sweetheart of Billy Crystal in ""When Harry Met Sally"". In 1996"
"the documentary """" (2005). In 2013, Reiner headed a team to fund and market medical software. Reiner is married and has five children. Tracy Reiner Tracy Reiner (born Tracy Henry; July 7, 1964) is an American actress who is the daughter of filmmaker Penny Marshall. She was adopted by Marshall's second husband, filmmaker Rob Reiner, taking the Reiner family name. She is known for her roles in ""When Harry Met Sally..."", ""Masque of the Red Death"", ""A League of Their Own"", and ""Apollo 13"". Reiner was born Tracy Henry in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of actress and director Penny"
"Fran Brill Frances Joan ""Fran"" Brill (born September 30, 1946) is an American actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on ""Sesame Street"" as well as playing Sally Hayes in the Hal Ashby film ""Being There"" (1979) and Lily Marvin in the Frank Oz film ""What About Bob?"" (1991). Brill was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Linette and Joseph M. Brill. Her father was a physician. She is a graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts. She began her career in theater, making her Broadway debut in the 1969 play ""Red, White and Maddox"". Her other"
"said the movie version would endeavor to make it appear ""somehow ethereal and emotional, but it can't be hokey"". The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon, Mark Wahlberg as Jack Salmon, Stanley Tucci as George Harvey, Rachel Weisz as Abigail Salmon, Susan Sarandon as Susie's Grandmother Lynn, and Rose McIver as Lindsey Salmon. The film opened to a limited release in three U.S. theaters on December 11, 2009, and received international and wide release on January 15, 2010. It met with mixed reviews, but nonetheless garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Tucci). A stage adaptation of"
"the film would flop at the box office because it was up against several summer blockbuster films, like ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"" and ""Batman"". The film went into wide release on July 21, 1989, and grossed $8.8 million on its opening weekend in 775 theaters. This was later expanded to 1,174 theaters and the film grossed a total of $92.8 million in North America, well above its $16 million budget. Reviews for ""When Harry Met Sally..."" were positive. It has a rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 67 reviews with an average rating of 8/10. The"
"Jennifer Runyon Jennifer Victoria Runyon (born April 1, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. Runyon is known for guest appearances or secondary characters in various sitcoms and dramas, as well as a couple of made-for-TV movies. Among her roles are Sally Frame on ""Another World"" (1981–1983), Gwendolyn Pierce on ""Charles in Charge"" (1984–1985), and replacing Susan Olsen as Cindy Brady in ""A Very Brady Christmas"" (1988). She starred in the horror film ""To All a Goodnight"" in 1980 and had a small part as a student in ""Ghostbusters"" (1984) alongside Bill Murray, and she starred in ""Up the"
"Melissa Hart also played the part. ""Cabaret"" was revived on Broadway in 1987 with Alyson Reed playing Sally. The musical was revived again in 1998 with Natasha Richardson as Sally. Richardson won the 1998 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. As the run continued, actresses including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Susan Egan, Joely Fisher, Gina Gershon, Deborah Gibson, Teri Hatcher, Melina Kanakaredes, Jane Leeves, Molly Ringwald, Brooke Shields and Lea Thompson appeared in the role. The 2014 Broadway revival starred Michelle Williams as Sally, with Emma Stone and Sienna Miller as subsequent replacements. ""Cabaret"" debuted on the West End"
"Julia Montgomery Julia Montgomery (born July 2, 1960 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States) is an American actress, known for her appearances in television, films, and infomercials. Montgomery's first role was on the soap opera ""One Life to Live"" as Samantha Vernon from 1976–1981. Her well-known film role is in the hit comedy film ""Revenge of the Nerds"" (1984) as Betty Childs; she reprised the role in the TV films """" (1992) and """" (1994). She also played Dr. Sally Arthur, M.D. in ""Earth Star Voyager"" (1988), and appeared in the comedy films ""Up the Creek"" (1984) and ""Stewardess School"""
"Meg Ryan Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra; November 19, 1961) is an American actress and producer. Ryan began her acting career in 1981 in minor roles before joining the cast of the CBS soap opera ""As the World Turns"" in 1982. Subsequently, she began to appear in supporting roles in films during the mid 1980s, achieving recognition in independent films such as ""Promised Land"" (1988) before her performance in the Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989) brought her widespread attention and her first Golden Globe nomination. Ryan subsequently established herself, both nationally and internationally,"
"Tracy Reiner Tracy Reiner (born Tracy Henry; July 7, 1964) is an American actress who is the daughter of filmmaker Penny Marshall. She was adopted by Marshall's second husband, filmmaker Rob Reiner, taking the Reiner family name. She is known for her roles in ""When Harry Met Sally..."", ""Masque of the Red Death"", ""A League of Their Own"", and ""Apollo 13"". Reiner was born Tracy Henry in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of actress and director Penny Marshall and Michael Henry. She is filmmaker Garry Marshall's niece. Her mother was married for 10 years to Rob Reiner, who adopted her"
"and supporting roles in films. Notably she portrayed serial killer, Aileen Wuornos, in the TV movie, ""Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story"" (1992), followed by a supporting part in the black comedy ""Mistress"" (1992), opposite Robert De Niro and Eli Wallach. Critic Roger Ebert praised the film and called Smart's character portrayal ""calculating."" The following year, she appeared in the family drama """" (1993), and as Ory Baxter in a television version of ""The Yearling"" (1994). She was then cast as Sally Brewton in the television miniseries ""Scarlett"" (1995), and appeared in a supporting role in ""The Brady Bunch Movie"" (1995)."
"1980s and a second marriage from 1997 to 2007 with entertainment lawyer Gregory Aldisert, with whom she has three children. Harley Jane Kozak Harley Jane Kozak (born January 28, 1957) is an American actress and author. She made her film debut in the horror film ""The House on Sorority Row"" (1982), and had a recurring role as Mary Duvall on the soap opera ""Santa Barbara"" between 1985 and 1989. She later had supporting parts in ""Clean and Sober"" (1988) and ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989), before starring in the major studio films ""Parenthood"" (1989) and ""Arachnophobia"" (1990). Kozak continued to"
"Harry Met Sally..."", in which director Rob Reiner cast his mother as a customer in a scene with stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan at Katz's Delicatessen, in which Ryan fakes what was described as ""a very public (and very persuasive) orgasm"". Approached by a waitress after Ryan finishes, Reiner deadpans ""I’ll have what she’s having"". The line was ranked 33rd on the American Film Institute's list of the Top 100 movie quotations, just behind ""Casablanca""'s ""Round up the usual suspects"". Reiner died of natural causes on October 25, 2008 at age 94 in her home in Beverly Hills, California."
"Billy Crystal in ""Rabbit Test"" (1978), Robert Carradine in ""Number One with a Bullet"" (1987), and Cady McClain in ""Simple Justice"" (1989), among many others. She achieved continuing success in television, becoming known for her role as Mildred Krebs in ""Remington Steele"" from 1983 to 1987 and her co-starring role as Raymond Barone's mother, Marie Barone, on the long-running CBS sitcom ""Everybody Loves Raymond"" (1996–2005). Towards the end of her acting career, she also had a prominent role opposite Tyler Perry in ""Madea's Witness Protection"" (2012). She appeared as a guest on many talk and variety shows, along with appearing"
"Sally Starr (actress) Sally Starr (January 23, 1909 – 1996) was a movie actress from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was a Broadway actress before making her debut in motion pictures. She performed on stage from the age of fourteen. Starr debuted in ""Frolics"" featuring Ted Lewis as a teenager. She later appeared in George White's Scandals of 1924. When Starr came to Hollywood she signed a contract with MGM. She played leading roles in ""So This Is College"" (1929), ""The Woman Racket"" (1930), ""Not So Dumb"" (1930), ""Personality"" (1930), ""Pardon My Gun"" (1930) and ""For The Love o' Lil"" (1930). Starr"
"notable storylines have seen her have an on-and-off relationship and marriage with Kevin, becoming the victim of domestic violence by Greg Kelly (Stephen Billington), being diagnosed with breast cancer as well as her attempts to become the pillar of the community and annoy Janice Battersby (Vicky Entwistle) in the process. Over the years, she has tried to impress her bosses Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear), Alf Roberts (Bryan Mosley), Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs), Paul Connor (Sean Gallagher) and Carla Connor (Alison King) and gain promotions. Sally also embarks on a relationship with Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) and goes on to marry"
"Sinise, Jason Alexander, Christopher McDonald, Marisa Tomei, and John Schneider. Perry appeared on Broadway in 2001, in a revival of ""The Rocky Horror Show"", playing Brad Majors. In 2004 he appeared in the London production of ""When Harry Met Sally"" as Harry, alongside Alyson Hannigan as Sally. Following his appearance in the stage adaptation of ""When Harry Met Sally"", Perry was asked to reprise his role as Dylan McKay in a guest appearance on ""90210"". Owing to scheduling conflicts with Shannen Doherty, he was subsequently written out of the episode. He appeared as the American version of Inspector Space-Time in"
"(1988) with longtime friend Melanie Mayron, ""City Slickers"" (1991) with Billy Crystal, the steamy ""A House in the Hills"" (1993) with Michael Madsen, and the action-crime drama ""No Way Back"" opposite Russell Crowe (1996). Other noteworthy performances were seen in films including """" (1993), ""Betrayal of the Dove"", and opposite Andy Richter in ""Seeing Other People"" (2004). Slater has appeared on episodes of various television series, including ""The New Adventures of Old Christine"", ""Supernatural"", four episodes as the voice of Talia in """", and others. She was a series regular on the half-season run of the 1990 ABC newsroom drama"
"Goes Bang"". Nora Ephron Nora Ephron ( ; May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for her romantic comedy films and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Writing: for ""Silkwood"" (1983), ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989), and ""Sleepless in Seattle"" (1993). She won a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for ""When Harry Met Sally..."". She sometimes wrote with her sister Delia Ephron. Her last film was ""Julie & Julia"" (2009). Her first produced play, ""Imaginary Friends"" (2002), was honored as one of the ten"
"My Gal Sal My Gal Sal is a 1942 20th Century Fox musical starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The film is a biopic of 1890s composer and songwriter Paul Dresser and singer Sally Elliot. It was based on a biographical essay, sometimes erroneously referred to as a book, by Dresser's younger brother, novelist Theodore Dreiser. (Dreiser was the original family name.) Some of the songs portrayed as Dresser's work were actually written by him, but several were created for the film by the Hollywood songwriting team of Ralph Grainger and Leo Robin. Sally Elliott (Rita Hayworth), a musical star"
"said: ""After 29 years in Coronation Street, I feel like I'm 'reinventing' Sally a little bit and I really like that. I've had to change with the times, otherwise I'd have been left behind. I'm getting a lot more comedy now, and Joe Duttine [Tim] and I can't stop laughing - which is great. He's so funny and we work well together."" Shortly after Sally's arrival in 1986 she was paired with Kevin Webster portrayed by Michael Le Vell and they then went on to get married and have two daughters Rosie and Sophie. Their marriage was on and off"
"entertainment agent Ed Hookstratten, whose clients included Elvis Presley, Johnny Carson and Tom Brokaw, and since 1986 to television producer Andy Friendly. Crowley, a Republican, endorsed Dwight Eisenhower for re-election in the 1956 presidential election. Pat Crowley Patricia Crowley (born September 17, 1933) is an American actress. Crowley was born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Helen (""née"" Swartz) and coal mining foreman Vincent Crowley. Her sister Ann was also an actress. Crowley played Sally Carver in the film ""Forever Female"" (1953), starring Ginger Rogers and William Holden. She starred as Doctor Autumn Claypool alongside Martin and Lewis in ""Money"
"caused her to miss filming for some episodes of her series ""The Exes"". A character played by Leah Remini was introduced in season three to cover Johnston's absence. Kristen Johnston Kristen Angela Johnston (born September 20, 1967) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sally Solomon in the television series ""3rd Rock from the Sun"", for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also starred as Wilma Flintstone in ""The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas"" and as Holly Franklin in the sitcom ""The Exes"". She currently"
"this is generally not a realistic outcome. When posed the film's central question, can men and women just be friends, Ryan replied, ""Yes, men and women can just be friends. I have a lot of platonic (male) friends, and sex doesn't get in the way."" Crystal said, ""I'm a little more optimistic than Harry. But I think it is difficult. Men basically act like stray dogs in front of a supermarket. I do have platonic (women) friends, but not best, best, best friends."" Rob Reiner initially envisioned actress Susan Dey for the role of Sally Albright. When she declined, he"
"Aunt Sally (film) Aunt Sally is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Sam Hardy and Phyllis Clare. The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures at their Islington Studios, and released in the U.S. as Along Came Sally. An American impresario trying to set up his new show in London tries to fend off an enthusiastic English performer's attempts to get in his show. She eventually tricks him into giving her the lead part by disguising herself as a French star. ""The New York Times"" found Cicely Courtneidge ""not nearly as hilarious as"